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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. SATTELBERG PICTURED VIEWING APPROXIMATELY NORTH FROM COCONUT RIDGE

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-26. A LIGHT 25 POUNDER GUN OF NO. 8 BATTERY, 2/4TH. AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT BEING HAULED ACROSS THE EVAPIA RIVER IN THE KESAWAI AREA. SHOWN ARE: VX50239 LANCE ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-04. TROOPS FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND DISEMBARKING INTO TRUCKS AT LYAL WHARF

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-26. A LIGHT 25 POUNDER GUN OF NO. 8 BATTERY, 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT BADLY BOGGED IN SWAMPY GROUND IN THE KESAWAI AREA. SHOWN ARE: GUNNER HEAD (1); QX5705 ..

POM POM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-27. THE GUARD OF THE 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, THE CHAMPION GUARD OF THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, FALLING IN DURING THE TAKING OF A TRAINING ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-26. A LIGHT 25 POUNDER GUN OF NO. 8 BATTERY, 2/4TH. AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT BEING HAULED ACROSS THE EVAPIA RIVER IN THE KESAWAI AREA. SHOWN ARE: VX14449 ..

AT SEA, 1944-03. TROOPS PLAYING "HOUSIE" BESIDE DECK BUNKS ON A SECTION OF THE STARBOARD SIDE ABOARD HT TAROONA. THIS TROOPSHIP IS CARRYING SERVICEMEN OF THE THREE AUSTRALIAN SERVICES, AND AMERICAN ..

OONOONBA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 1944-03-11. A GROUP OF BRITISH OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE 13TH AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL STAGING CAMP. MAJOR B.L.M. TOMLINSON, A ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-26. TROOPS OF THE 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT HARD AT WORK TRYING TO EXTRICATE ONE OF THEIR CATERPILER TRACTORS WHICH HAS BECOME BADLY BOGGED IN SWAMPY GROUND ..

AT SEA, 1944-03. THESE "SPUD BARBERS", PEELING POTATOES ABOARD HT TAROONA, ARE NAVAL PERSONNEL TRAVELLING FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, TO MILNE BAY TO JOIN THEIR SHIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: ..

AT SEA, 1944-03. VX107875 STAFF-SERGEANT R. ANDERSON (1), DOES SOME SEWING, WHILST PETTY OFFICER E. COE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY (2), SLEEPS RESTING ON A LIFE JACKET ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP HT TAROONA ..

AT SEA, 1944-03. AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS PLAYING STUD POKER ON THE AFTER DECK OF THE TROOPSHIP HT TAROONA EN ROUTE TO MILNE BAY FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND